Poker Club HQ vs StackPilot Poker Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poker Club HQ
Manage poker tournaments with this intuitive app. Create custom blind schedules, breaks, and payout structures. Features include text-to-speech alerts and optional player management tools.
- Customizable blinds schedule
- Flexible break scheduling
- Automated tournament timer
- Payout calculator
- Text-to-speech alerts
- Player and table management (in-app purchase)
- Remote control synchronization (in-app purchase)
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Poker Club HQ is your all-in-one hub for running and growing a poker club, league, or home game. Build the structure, seat the players, track the money, and run a beautiful full-screen timer — all kept in sync across every device, even offline. A TIMER BUILT FOR THE ROOM • Full-screen, high-visibility countdown with blind levels, antes, and breaks • Upcoming levels, average stack, and estimated end time at a glance • Customize the layout, fonts, colors, and background to make it your own • Add a QR code so anyone can scan for a live, read-only view — perfect for projectors and spectators PLAYERS & TABLES, HANDLED • Add or import players and track buy-ins, add-ons, rebuys, re-entries, and knockouts • Drag-and-drop seating with assisted table balancing and fair seat selection (TDA 2024 guidelines) • Keep groups together or apart, and get warned when tables need balancing or consolidating THE MONEY, DONE RIGHT • Automatic, fully customizable payout calculations • Four chop methods: even split, chip chop, ICM, and custom amounts • Bounty / head-hunter chips tracked separately from the prize pool, transferring on each knockout CHIPS, STATS & HISTORY • Build chip sets with custom values and colors — or upload photos of your own chips • Per-player stats: finishing place, winnings, play time, and knockouts, with CSV export • A detailed action log with full undo/redo for every player action • Replay the entire tournament step by step WORKS EVERYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE • Offline-first: everything works without a connection and syncs the moment you reconnect • Run the tournament on your phone while it displays on a tablet, in real time • Share with co-editors for multi-person management Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Norwegian. Questions or ideas? Email support@pokerclubhq.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
StackPilot Poker Timer
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Run poker night like a professional tournament director. StackPilot is a premium tournament clock built for the table — a gorgeous, room-readable timer designed iPad-first, with animated blind changes, break handling, and a refined look in felt green and gold. THE SEAT DRAW CEREMONY Stop scribbling names on napkins. StackPilot deals branded cards face-down onto a virtual felt table, then flips them one by one to reveal each player's seat — with haptics, chip drops, and the Ace claiming Seat 1 and the dealer button. It's the first big moment of the night, before the first hand is even dealt. A CLOCK EVERYONE CAN READ • Big, bold timer built for TV mirroring and across-the-room glances • Animated level changes with sound and voice announcements • Automatic breaks, with "play resumes at" times • Paused state that's unmistakable from the couch • Keeps the screen awake through the whole game FULL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR TOOLS (PRO) • Player roster — entries, re-entries, add-ons, and eliminations • Optional results calculator — set final placements and work out the split however your group decides (1st / 2nd / 3rd and beyond) • Blind structure editor — Standard, Turbo, Deep Stack presets or fully custom levels, breaks, and antes • Seat draw ceremony with dealt cards and dealer button • Save your setup as a template and reuse it every game night • Remote control — pause the clock or eliminate players from your iPhone while the iPad stays on the table • Player database with lifetime stats, win rates, and a league leaderboard • Complete tournament history FREE FOREVER The tournament clock, blind structures, and setup basics are free — no account, no ads, no subscription. One $4.99 purchase unlocks everything else, forever, with Family Sharing. BUILT FOR YOUR GAME Whether it's a casual home game or your league's championship, StackPilot handles dead-button rules, house rotations, late entries, and the blind-movement debates that stall every home game (there's a built-in Poker Rules reference for that). StackPilot is a tournament timer and organizer for in-person games. It involves no wagering, no real money, and no simulated gambling of any kind. Shuffle up and deal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Poker Club HQ at 15.6 against StackPilot Poker Timer's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Poker Club HQ sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and StackPilot Poker Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Poker Club HQ | StackPilot Poker Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (330 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 330 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | R. Booth | Scott Yale |
Bugs and requests
Poker Club HQ
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes immediately after opening on some devices
- Alarms fail to trigger when device is in sleep mode
- Remote control feature loses synchronization between devices
- Blind levels change unexpectedly to incorrect values
- Timer duration changes automatically without user input
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- Screen burn-in on plasma TVs with static display
- Pause function causes remote devices to desynchronize
- Player elimination not functional in advanced mode via remote
- Paid feature charging twice without proper service delivery
Requested features
16 requests- Apple TV native app support
- Android TV or Roku compatibility
- Player name storage and league point tracking
- Chip calculator for distribution based on buy-in
- Larger pause/play buttons
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- All chips visible on screen simultaneously
- Custom alert sound intervals (2-minute warnings, etc.)
- Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support
- Manual player seating reassignment between tables
- Player chop/deal feature
- Big blind ante format support
- Customizable background images and font colors
- Ability to manually adjust individual player chip counts
- More currency options (UK Sterling, Euros, etc.)
- Landscape mode without menu bar overlay
- Chip denomination input for automatic blind calculation
StackPilot Poker Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Poker Club HQ
- Home (Monthly, Loyalty Discount)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Home (Monthly)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Club (Monthly, Loyalty Discount)14 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Club (Monthly)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$39.991 Month
- Customization$0.99
- Remote Control$2.99
- Advanced Player and Table Management$3.99
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- The Works$5.99
- Home (Lifetime, Loyalty Discount)$44.99
- Home (Lifetime)$74.99
- Club (Lifetime, Loyalty Discount)$89.99
- Club (Lifetime)$149.99
StackPilot Poker Timer
- StackPilot Pro Lifetime$4.99
Questions
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